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thumb|270px|The Islamabad-e Gharb Plain near Wezmeh Cave Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi. Wezmeh cave was re-excavated by a team under direction of Fereidoun Biglari in 2019.

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Instance of
cave
Country
Iran
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Wezmeh Cave, Kermanshah, Iran.jpg
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heritage designation
Iranian National Heritage
Commons category
Wezmeh Cave
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شهرستان اسلام‌آباد غرب، بخش مرکزی، دهستان حومه جنوبی، ۳ کیلومتری شمال شرقی روستای شیرکش، داخل تنگه وزمه
mountain range
Zagros Mountains
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  • Late Pleistocene animals
  • Human remains
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thumb|270px|The Islamabad-e Gharb Plain near Wezmeh Cave Wezmeh Cave is an archaeological site near Islamabad Gharb, western Iran, around southwest of the capital Tehran. The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated in 2001 by a team of Iranian archaeologists under the leadership of Kamyar Abdi. Wezmeh cave was re-excavated by a team under direction of Fereidoun Biglari in 2019.

==Late Pleistocene animals==

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